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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
July 2008	29 July 2008
August 2008	26 August 2008
September 2008	30 September 2008
October 2008	28 October 2008
November 2008	25 November 2008

WHATS NEW THIS MONTH

Topics which have been updated with new data in this month's issue of SA Stats include: Demography; Labour Force; Incomes; State Accounts; Consumption; Investment; Construction; Price Indexes; Housing Finance; International Merchandise Trade; and Water.

This month's issue of SA Stats shows the house price index for established houses in Adelaide rose 2.1% in the March quarter 2008. This growth was not as strong as the previous three quarters which each showed growth of around 6%.

The average home loan commitment for owner occupied dwellings in South Australia in April 2008 was $194,900, up from $179,900 in April 2007. However, there has been little increase in the average size of home loan commitments over the last nine months. The average home loan commitment in April 2008 ($194,900) was only slightly higher than that of July 2007 ($193,600).


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or James Inglis on Adelaide (08) 8237 7405, or email sa.statistics@abs.gov.au.